"Docked" or "Moored"

[rawidman]

I always refered to a boat tied in a slip or alongside a dock or pier as "docked" and one that's tied to a mooring ball as "moored".

Recently, a friend of mine (an experienced boater) commented that he was "moored at such and such marina". I said "Don't you mean docked?" He said yes, I suppose.

A local boat ramp has a sign on the dock limiting "mooring" to fifteen minutes. Wouldn't that be "docking"?

So which is the correct term?

 

[In the know]

I belive both are correct and can be used interchangably.

 

[Thudpucker]

Nowadays they don't mean much difference.
Way in the past, the days of Larboard etc, the Dock was the Water alongside the Pier.

 

[abalmuth]

A dock could also be a place to insert a laptop or iThing

 

[Ghost]

Isn't this a winter topic?

 

[aubv]

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Originally posted by Ghost

Isn't this a winter topic?

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You mean when the mooring balls have been replaced by winter sticks?